Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 02:48:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Ganesh Kumar <alganesh@m-net.arbornet.org> To: Scott Robbins <scottro@nyc.rr.com> Cc: Andreas Ntaflos <ant@overclockers.at>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: subscribe Message-ID: <20020805024653.N93736-100000@m-net.arbornet.org> In-Reply-To: <20020805033103.GC5143%scottro@despammed.com>
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I think, we can include a web-interface in the site freebsd.org with a drop-down for the various lists and a "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" botton. Wont this solve this kinda problems in future ? cheers Ganesh Kumar On Sun, 4 Aug 2002, Scott Robbins wrote: > On Mon, Aug 05, 2002 at 03:25:32AM +0200, Andreas Ntaflos wrote: > > This seems to happen very often lately.... > > > > Quoting the handbook: > > ------------ > > C.1.2 How to Subscribe > > > > To subscribe to a list, send mail to <majordomo@FreeBSD.org> and > > include > > > > subscribe <listname> [<optional address>] > > > As I'm sure everyone cares what I think about this :) > > Seriously, I co-moderate a few newbie Linux lists and have made a faq > for them. I have several stock messages that I'll insert in an answer, > depending upon their offence, but basically coming down to, you received > a link to a faq when you joined this list, your question is answered > there, blah blah. > > Today, with a bit of reluctance, I added the question, as it's become a > Frequently Asked one of how does one get to a command prompt. > > I think that MS has made some poor marketing decisions, and this is > pushing a lot of people to try Linux and *BSD. Some of these people > simply run into problems because, for example, they go to > www.freebsd.org and English isn't their first language, and perhaps > their language isn't listed. > > Some are well-meaning and just need to be taught. And some, of course, > are just plain lazy. > > Computers are becoming more and more common, and therefore, there is > going to be an influx of less computer-literate people. I suppose this > discussion belongs on advocacy, but anyway, that's my answer to your > question. :) As computer use grows, the number of less computer > literate folks who use one also grows. As MS becomes more unpopular, > and people look for alternatives, the number of folks who know very > little but try to use Linux or *BSD increases. We can throw up our > hands in disgust, welcome all of them, or try to deal with it as > individuals on a case by case basis. How we deal with it is DEFINITELY > a question for advocacy rather than questions, but... > > Anyway, sorry for a bit of a waste of bandwidth, but it is a subject > that has been on my mind lately. > > > > -- > Scott > > > Willow: Diana, Hecate, I hereby license thee to depart. > Goddess of creatures great and small, I conjure thee to withdraw > Amy: (squeak) > Buffy: Maybe we should get her one of those wheel thingies. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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